Meetiyagoda Moonstone Mine (Mining tradition), Natural moonstone mine & gem palace Meetiyagoda, Moonstone Mine , Sri Lanka travel 4K
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The mining tradition and the search for precious stones is an extremely old activity in Sri Lanka. In particular in Meetiyagoda, between Galle and Bentota, there is a mine for the extraction of the famous "blue moonstones", a semi-precious stone which is only found in this region. Then in Kandy we will review Sri Lanka's most famous gemstones like sapphires, from royal blue to light blue, as well as rubies, although rarer.


Moonstone Mine
This moonstone mine is located in the village of meetiyagoda near Ambalangoda, is where moonstone is most commonly found concentrated within an acre of land. The mysterious gem as captivating as the full moon gleaming in the night sky, is considered scarce and has been used in jewelry for centuries. The most sought after moonstones have a haunting blue sheen, an effect produced by the orthoclase feldspar, which is found almost exclusively in the gem mines of Sri Lanka. Here, you can even go down into the deep, narrow shafts from which the stones are mined and witness the process yourself.

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